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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7661

all versions of url-regex are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

all versions of url-regex are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service. An attacker providing a very long string in String.test can cause a Denial of Service.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.67% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
url-regex project/url-regex
Source
report@snyk.io

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.